Fjord cruises compared

If you fancy the fjords, then there are two excellently priced cruises on offer next year to satisfy your urges.

Princess Cruises for a seven-night Scandinavian Interlude cruise on Ocean Princess departing Dover on August 14 2010, visiting Amsterdam, Lubeck, Copenhagen and Oslo. You may never have heard of Lubeck, but it’s a fantastic port call and Princess has a wonderful excursion a 2 1/2 hour guided walk that takes the 15th century Town Hall and the Marienkirche, home to the largest mechanical pipe organ in the world as well as Buddenbrook House, once home to Nobel Prize-winning novelist Thomas Mann before a chance to try local pastries at the world-renowned Neideregger Café. Prices start at £849 per person, cruise only.

Or you can take in the Norwegian fjords and Scottish Highlands on an eight-night cruise on Holland America Line's Eurodam. Sailing from Dover on 21st June 2010, and visiting Geiranger, Hellesylt, Alesund and Bergen in Norway before visiting Invergordon and South Queensferry in Scotland before returning to Dover. Prices start at £949 per person, cruise only.